GROOVE METAL LEGENDS DEVILDRIVER UNLEASH EXPLOSIVE NEW SINGLE “DEAD IN THE WATER”
NEW ALBUM STRIKE AND KILL SET FOR RELEASE ON JULY 10, 2026
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“Let the fire rise, you were born for this, stay the course.” – Dez Fafara
The fans and critics have made their voices heard, DEVILDRIVER has leveled up! In anticipation of their rabid new album, Strike And Kill, out July 10 via Napalm Records, the groove metal legends first released boisterous lead single “Dig Your Own Grave“, cracking over 400k cross platform streams, becoming a mainstay on SXM’s Liquid Metal, and stampeding up the Metal Contraband charts just a month after release.
If you know what’s good for you, you’ll pay close attention to the words on their next bloodthirsty ripper, “Dead In The Water” out today. This single is built upon cataclysmic blast beats and ornately blackened guitarmonies, delivering the goods with vibrance and violence. Iconic frontman Dez Fafara’s delivery remains venomous, galvanising listeners with affirmations of perseverance and resilience in the face of adversity.
Dez on “Dead In The Water“:
“This is one of the most positive songs I’ve ever written lyrically, coming from a very dark time straight into blinding light. I needed to empower others to do the same as I did, and tell them to ‘stay the course,’ life turns around if given the chance to flourish.
“The vibe musically on this is very old school DEVILDRIVER and the entire band is cracking hard here, if you’re a long time listener you’re gonna love this one! Enjoy!”
Pre-order Strike And Kill HERE.
Watch the official video for “Dead In The Water“ HERE.
Stream “Dead In The Water” HERE.
Following DEVILDRIVER‘s career-defining double album Dealing With Demons Vols. 1 & 2 – with Vol. 1 sitting at #1 at U.S. metal radio for a triumphant 15 weeks, and Vol. 2 celebrated by internationally revered outlets like Metal Injection, Kerrang!, and Blabbermouth, who declared “you can’t stop the unstoppable” – Strike And Kill finds the band at their most focused and ferocious, zeroing in with predatory precision and delivering that trademark DEVILDRIVER blend of melodeath elegance, blackened atmosphere, tectonic grooves, and Fafara’s iconic visceral delivery.
Wasting no time, the album bursts open with the incendiary “Dig Your Own Grave“; a punishing volley of assault-rifle kicks and crunchy riffs that seize the listener by the collar and refuse to let go, before sieging into “Dead In The Water“, which showcases the vibrant melo-death tapestries of guitar duo Alex Lee and Gabe Mangold. “Sanctified In Scars” deploys industrial beats and ethereal textures, wrapping Fafara’s venomous voice in blackened tremolo excellence. The album’s title track “Strike And Kill” is a reconciliation of hardships and lessons learned, built on the backs of blistering technical riffage and dizzying drumwork from Davier Perez. Tracks like “In The Moonlight” and “Never Coming Home” envelop listeners in serenely blissful guitarmonies, elevating the brutality with elegance and emotion. “Ride Or Die” hits like a freight train and doesn’t let up. Tracks like “Headed For The Fall” and “You’re Just A Ghost” exemplify the band’s technical edge, embracing mind-bendingly off-kilter patterns. “Summoning Shadows” offers the album’s longest moment of stillness, with textured acoustic guitars coiling ever tighter before the band detonates. “Shut The Silence On” and “Oath Of Iron” rip forward with thrash energy and blast beats, before “All Bets Are Off” brings everything to a suitably cataclysmic conclusion.
Dez Fafara on Strike And Kill:
“My headspace hasn’t changed, I have not become complacent or soft in my view of the world or in my music. Metal is our outlet as listeners and writers, so on this record we focused on ‘getting it all out’ lyrically, and backing those lyrics with savage, relentless music that fuels the heavy California groove like no other. DEVILDRIVER has never sounded like any other band, we do our own thing in our own way, and I’m the most proud of that.
“I’m so proud of these musicians, this music, and the vibe around this record. DevilDriver sounds like no one else out there right now, we are here to Strike And Kill!”
